Palladium Rings - perfect for engagement and wedding rings.

Palladium is a fantastic metal for rings - hard, naturally white and great value. This unique rare metal is becoming very popular as the trend towards white metals grows. The hardness of palladium makes it a good metal for jewellery and especially engagement rings. The metal is naturally white - not like the white golds which are grey... and soft. To keep the white golds white the need to be rhodium plated - which comes off quite quickly.

Custom Made Palladium rings

We specialise in custom made palladium engagement and wedding rings. If you have an idea and you would like to send us a sketch or photo of your choice of palladium ring - feel free - we will give you a quote. We also supply diamonds at very good prices. We are happy to trade in your old gold or platinum... and are also happy to use your diamonds if you wish to remodel your existing engagement ring. Palladium is a very good metal for men's palladium wedding rings - hard enough to be knocked around - although not as hard as titanium wedding rings.

Diamonds and Palladium

Diamonds and gems look excellent in the ice whiteness of palladium. The metal is crafted in a pure alloy - no other metals like copper and silver are added - 9ct gold had only 37% gold in - value wise, when you buy palladium you are buying a pure metal. Palladium belongs to the platinum group of metals - but it is far cheaper... or it is at the moment - as it's popularity grows I expect the price will as well. Due to the hardness it ideal for prong settings and claw settings. Clusters look very good because of the whiteness of the metal.

If you have allergies - this is one metal that is not going to react to you skin. Because it has no copper or silver - or anything else in, you will have no allergy problems.

We sometimes add a touch of platinum to our palladium - this is to make it more malleable - (easier to bend) as it is a real tough customer to work with. Most jewellers do not like to work palladium due to it's peculiar properties.

Palladium is not as heavy as platinum, but heavier than gold.  It melts at about 1550°C whilst platinum at 1772°C. Gold melts at 1064°C.

History of Palladium

Palladium, when it was first discovored was seen as by product of no value. The first known users of palladium were the South American Indians - well over a 1000 years ago.

The name palladium comes from the Greek name “Pallas”, meaning goddess of wisdom. Palladium was named after the asteroid Pallas. Palladium was rediscovered by the British chemist William Hyde Wollaston in 1804. This fantastic metal, due to it's unique gas absorbing qualities, is now a major planet saver as it is used in catalytic converters in exhaust pipe systems for cars. This is what has driven the price.